The Auk, Vol. 105, No. 4 (Oct., 1988), pp. 706-714 (9 pages) I used doubly labeled water to study the field metabolic rate (FMR) of Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) on Kent Island, New Brunswick, ...

Tree swallows in central P.E.I. have some new homes, thanks to five watershed groups in the area. The groups have put up dozens of nesting boxes for the insect-eating birds as part of a standardized ...

It’s Feb. 20 and the first spring migrant is flying low over the waters of a mountain lake in Transylvania County. The first tree swallow has arrived, but winter has not yet retreated and it’s a ...

The Auk, Vol. 116, No. 4 (Oct., 1999), pp. 947-956 (10 pages) Microbes have the potential to be important selective forces in many aspects of avian biology. Microbes can affect fitness as a result of ...

The tree swallow is the only swallow that is truly swallow tailed, meaning the tail is deeply split and has white spots. The adult is blue-black above; cinnamon-buff below, with a darker throat. Most ...

Just a decade ago, the forecast looked grim for tree swallows in Orange County. While common elsewhere in the country, these small birds seemed to breed here less and less frequently as their favorite ...

Eastern bluebirds are checking out bird houses. They're getting ready for the nesting season. Are your bird houses in place and ready? While bluebirds have been here all winter, migratory tree ...

Placement, construction, shape and material are essential nest considerations. Each species meets its own needs with its own style, developed over eons. Many bird species employ feathers in their ...

Cute bird: Male Tree swallow at Serpentine Fens, Surrey, B.C. The Tree swallow is a small passerine common throughout much of North America. Both males and females have iridescent deep ...

Caution is always the better part of valor when it comes to approaching a tree swallow nest box. If you don’t pay attention, you run the risk of being dive-bombed and potentially plunked on the head ...

Recently, I had the pleasure of going birding at Brazos Bend State Park with friends. One of our first sightings of the day was a flock of what had to be at least 500 tree swallows congregating on a ...

The first time I saw the lakeside property where we now live, a flock of swallows was flying overhead. The acrobatic birds – there must have been at least two dozen of them – took turns skimming over ...